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Hi, I've not posted on here for a while and I'm not sure whether I've posted in the right area. Apologies if not. Thing is I've bought a new brake master cylinder for my 1.6 gti and the car is in the garage being worked on. I've now realised that the 1.6 and 1.9 gti may have different master cylinder bore sizes, 19mm and 20.6mm although a compatibility chart I saw on one website seems to suggest that both versions may have had 20.6mm version until 1988 after which it may have only been spec for the 1.9gti (see below for the chart). The question is whether members have any experience with different the two different bore size cylinders and whether I'm doing right fitting a 20.6mms bore unit to my 1.6gti? My intention was to stay original and I'm guessing I may experience a shorter brake pedal travel with the cylinder I've bought? And a firmer push on the pedal required for the same level of braking? Thanks in advance for any help, Pete
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Can anyone help me identify a part? Where the rear brake pipes turn to go from outside to inboard part of car, in front of the fuel tank, on either side there are large (very rusty!) cylinders, approx 2 cm diameter, 6cm long. Are these purely connectors between 2 sections of solid brake pipe? They seem ridiculously large, heavy and (rusty!) if that's all the are....... Suggested replacements?
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I've just finally got round to getting my Pug on the brink on being back on the road. I've replaced the brake pipes and hoses, and cleaned up the calipers, got new discs and pads all round. The servo and master cylinder are the same, but cleaned up (gave the servo a lick of paint too). Before the refurb, the brakes were mostly fine with just the rear right being a bit weak (enough to fail the MOT), but with good feel and stopping power. However, I tried them out for the first time this evening and the brake pedal had a lot of travel before the brakes engaged. Once they did engage they seemed to work well, which suggests the calipers are moving OK. I've bled the system a few weeks ago and did it again today to make sure there was no air in the system, but that didn't improve things. Any suggests on how I can pin down the cause of this pedal travel? BTW, it's 205 GTi 1.9 with the standard non-ABS brakes.
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Hello guys The boot brake light is working ok, but i don't fancy the way it's wired. it goes all the way from it's connectors with White+Blue wires , inside the boot seal up all the way to the brake light . It causes sometimes water getting inside the boot. How should i place it? Thanks
